About ten years ago I worked on a project to assist the [British] National
Grid to select whose power to buy the following day. All power suppliers
were invited to bid to supply power on a daily basis. Each bid was made up
of two parts the cost of turning a power generator on and the cost of
su
Stan,
I agree with your assessment, but I was being VERY generous to magnify the
folly of pursuing Solar (and Wind) with that particular value (1 kW/m²).
Think of it as a best-case scenario offered Solar and Wind proponents in an
attempt to illustrate the woeful short-comings of these technologies
Remek,
When I was interviewed for anesthesia prior to my heart surgery, I gave my body
mass in kilograms and my height in meters. The anesthesia MD told me those are
the units he prefers for application of gas in units of ml/s for each kilogram
of body mass.
Gene.
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The dimensions of the new Chevrolet Spark small car were given only in
metric units in a recent article in The Washington Times.
The length was given as 3640 mm by 2375 mm wide with 1.0 or 1.2 liter
gasoline engines. Wheel sizes were still in English units - 15 inches.
The Spark wi
